Jordan: Death penalty/Torture/Unfair Trial - Khader Abu Hosher and Usama Husni Kamel Sammar

Index Number: MDE 16/005/2000
Date Published: 19 September 2000
Categories: Jordan, Middle East And North Africa

On 18 September eight people were sentenced to death, six in absentia, and 14 to imprisonment by the Jordanian State Security Court. Some had been held in prolonged incommunicado detention and had allegedly been tortured. Amnesty International is concerned that Khader Abu Hosher and Usama Husni Kamel Sammar are at risk of execution.